The evolution of spontaneous confabulation, delusional misidentification and a related delusion in a case of severe head injury

Neurocase

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-262

  Box, Owen ^a,b   Laing, Hana ^a   Kopelman, Michael ^a,b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confabulation; Delusional misidentification; Fregoli; Frontal lobe; Head trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFABULATION; DELUSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION DISORDER;

EID: 0032808238     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neucas/5.3.251     Document Type: Article

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